Re: Request for discussion: Is our Sprint more of a Mini-DebConf? What to have next?
Hi Steffen and all,
> I was peeking into the one or other scientific collaboration of mine to
> invite them to our next Debian Med sprint. But I could not really tell
> much about it, yet. Besides deciding where to convene next (which to my
> recollection is decided by someone saying loudly that he/she wants to
> host us ... hello?)
FYI as a side note: I have reached out to informatics people here at
Sanger during the regular campus-wide Informatics Group Meetings by
giving a brief talk about Debian Med and the history of the sprints and
also trying to get an idea of who would support such an event in-house.
In the discussion afterwards indeed some upstream developers agreed that
this would be a good idea and would benefit the institute. However,
there was little initiative from any particular group to approach me
afterwards and find out how to make it work together; it was merely
suggested to contact the Genome Campus conference centre (which might be
on the more expensive side compared to our previous venues).
I can try to poke some people to bring the topic back to the table.
> we should possibly also lean back a bit and decide if we want to
> change the one or other thing. This could start with the name. In my
> perception what we are having is not so much a problem-focused
> Sprint.
Yes, I agree in principle.
> So, what do you all think? Would it help to officially come up with
> some extended Sprint format? What would you change? Nothing? More
> talks? More time?
If the number of participants supports this, maybe some pre-allocated
time for custom break-out sessions, to allow for some in-depth mentoring
or bug squashing without missing group discussions or talks?
What do you think?
> Should there possibly a second Debian Med meeting on another
> continent than Europe?
Sure, if there is enough interest -- especially for newcomers from
overseas :) For now there have only been a handful of people traveling
that far. Not sure if more would come if there was an event closer to them.
However, I myself would probably only be able to make it if the travel
costs are moderate as my employer won't cover that.
> With the same focus? Or more medical?
Personally I probably wouldn't be too interested in medical or research
applications as I tend to focus more on the technical/infrastructure
aspect. But that's just me, YMMV. I can imagine that it might make sense
to attract the non-core-Debian crowd as well.
Best regards
Sascha
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